Peter J Collier

Biographic Data

ID4136958
NAMEPeter J Collier
GIVEN NAMESPeter J
FAMILY NAMECollier
SIGNATURECOLLIER P J
AFFILIATIONSPortland State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS34
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX3

  • Reflections on My PSA Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Experiences

    Open AccessPeter Collier, Peter J CollierARTICLEThe American Sociologist2014

  • “Is that paper really due today?”: Differences in first-generation and traditional college students’ understandings of faculty expectations

    Open AccessPeter J Collier, David L MorganARTICLEHigher Education2008

  • Role Theory and Social Cognition: Learning to Think like a Recycler

    Peter J Collier, Peter L CalleroARTICLESelf and Identity2005

    While the interactionist tradition of sociological role theory has been recognized as a promising conceptual framework for linking theories of social structure and social cognition, there remains little empirical research that examines the link between cognitive structure and role behavior. Our study tests the fundamental assumption that commitment to role behavior is associated with the development of a corresponding cognitive structure, through…

  • Community Service through Facilitating Focus Groups: The Case for a Methods-Based Service-Learning Course

    Peter J Collier, David L MorganARTICLETeaching Sociology2002Cited by: 12

    Peter J. Collier, David L. Morgan, Community Service through Facilitating Focus Groups: The Case for a Methods-Based Service-Learning Course, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr., 2002), pp. 185-199

  • A Differentiated Model of Role Identity Acquisition

    Open AccessPeter Collier, Peter J CollierARTICLESymbolic Interaction2001Cited by: 3References: 21

    The differentiated model builds on Burke's control system model by emphasizing the importance of multidimensionality and how role usage variation affects identity formation. In a study of 146 entering university students, differentiating the college student role into multiple meaning dimensions results in significant variation in degree of role identification improvement. This model ties differences in role use in interaction to identity formatio…

  • The Effects of Completing a Capstone Course on Student Identity

    Peter J CollierARTICLESociology of Education2000Cited by: 4

    Students do not come to identify with a particular version of the college student role overnight. Instead, they must go through a multistage process, involving the learning of and identification with that role. This process occurs over time and can vary in terms of the different dimensions of meaning associated with the same version of college student. This article examines the effect of participating in a senior capstone course on undergraduates…

  • The Roosevelts: An American Saga

    John Braeman, Peter Collier et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article The Roosevelts: An American Saga. By Peter Collier with David Horowitz. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994. 542 pp. $27.50, ISBN 0-671-65225-7.) Get access John Braeman John Braeman University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 1, June 1995, Pages 284–285, https://doi.org/10.2307/2082061 Published: 01 June 1995

  • Africa's External Economic Relations: 1960–90

    P Collier, Peter J CollierARTICLEAfrican Affairs1991Cited by: 15

    Journal Article AFRICA'S EXTERNAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS: 1960–90 Get access P. COLLIER P. COLLIER Paul Collier is at the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), University of Oxford. He would like to thank J-P. Azam, D. L. Bevan, W. Elkan, D. Fielding, J. W. Gunning and G. K. Helleiner for comments on a previous draft. The paper was presented at the Royal African Society's conference on 'Sub-Saharan Africa: the Record and the Outlook' and …